Purpose: The authors studied 57,103 randomly selected Medicare beneficiaries who underwent
extracapsular cataract extraction in 1986 or 1987 to determine the possible association …

OBJECTIVE Diabetic retinopathy, which leads to macular edema and retinal neovascularization,
is the leading cause of blindness among working-age Americans. Previous research …

Importance Little is known about the incidence of gender-affirming surgical procedures for
transgender patients in the United States. Objectives To investigate the incidence and trends …

• We analyzed the likelihood of rehospitalization for endophthalmitis in 338 141 Medicare
beneficiaries over age 65 years who were admitted to US hospitals for cataract extraction in …

Importance Determining the epidemiology of eye-related emergency department (ED) visits
on a national level can assist policymakers in appropriate allocation of resources. Objective …

• The discharge rate for ocular trauma resulting in hospitalization and variations in rates
between US census subdivisions were examined by using hospital discharge abstracts from the …

Importance Based on evidence of survival benefit when initiating hemodialysis (HD) via
arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or arteriovenous graft (AVG) vs hemodialysis catheter (HC), the …

Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness among working age Americans. The
epidemiology of diabetic eye disease has been well described in population-based studies …

Firearm-related deaths are the third leading cause of injury-related deaths in the United States.
Yet limited data exist on contemporary epidemiological trends and risk factors for firearm-…

Background Despite improvements in cancer management, most pancreatic cancers are still
diagnosed at an advanced stage. We have recently identified promoter DNA methylation of …